LAS VEGAS - The transmogrification is complete. Actress-turned-poker-star Jennifer Tilly has become so infatuated with high stakes Texas Hold 'Em, that for the first time in more than a decade, she's skipped the red carpet of the Oscars for the green felt of the poker table.

"This is the first time in 15 years I haven't attended the Oscar parties or gotten swept up in Oscar fever," Tilly told The Associated Press on Sunday from her suite at Caesars Palace on the Las Vegas Strip.

"I haven't even seen 'Brokeback Mountain.' I don't even know who's nominated," she said.

at least her pocket pairs are real, unlike those who attend the oscars tonight

Oscar presenter Dolly Parton arrives on the red carpet at the 78th annual Academy Awards at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, California, March 5, 2006. Parton is wearing a dress designed by Robert Behar. REUTERS/Brian Snyder

Ohh , I don't know , maybe the way she parts her hair or pumps her lips up, or the way her cheek bones stick thru her cheeks...call it a hunch...Maybe they are real, maybe the other stuff is fake...ha...

Personally I think Texas Hold 'em is a wankers game compared to Stud or Draw poker. And for the life of me I couldn't understand how poker became a spectator sport, complete with all the hoopla of a game show.

Jennifer Tilley being a major player has answered a few of those questions. :-)

But I still won't "watch" a poker game, unless I folded early in the hand. :-)

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